Baby Doll by Johanna Sinisalo

It’s a common lament that childhood is increasingly fleeting, that all too soon children become aware of the sexualized world. Continue reading →

The Billiard Ball by Isaac Asimov

Recently I’ve been reading The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (and I may talk about it later, if I feel Continue reading →

Mongoose by Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear

Imagine you’re a writer and you’ve just invented a race of 90ft humanoid rabbits with osmium bones. What do you Continue reading →

The Gutter Sees the Light that Never Shines by Alistair Rennie

When it comes to putting labels on movements in fiction, the ‘New Weird’ has always been ill-defined, to the point Continue reading →

Creating the Innocent Killer by John Kessel

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card has an enormous appeal to teens. Admittedly I’m not one of them, as I Continue reading →

Ender’s Game (novelette) by Orson Scott Card

So, Ender’s Game. I hear there’s a film out. I recall it was an enjoyable little novel, albeit nowhere near Continue reading →

Mrs. Todd’s Shortcut by Stephen King

I wouldn’t call this a horror story. Granted, there’s something quite unsettling about the titular shortcut, a sense of the Continue reading →

Lean Times in Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber

Time to admit a heresy. This year I began reading for the first time the sword and sorcery adventures of Continue reading →